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Direct-strike lightning photographs, swept-flash attachment patterns, and flight conditions for storm hazards 1982As part of the NASA Langley Research Center Storm Hazards Program, 241 thunderstorm penetrations were made in 1982 with an F-106B airplane in order to record direct-strike lightning data and the associated flight conditions. During these penetrations, the airplane received 156 direct lightning strikes; in addition, lightning transient data were recorded from 26 nearby lightning flashes. The tests were conducted within 150 nautical miles of Hampton, Virginia, assisted by ground-based weather-radar guidance from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. The photographs of the lightning attachments taken from two onboard 16-mm color movie cameras and the associated strike attachment patterns are presented. A table of the flight conditions recorded at the time of each lightning event, and a table in which the data are cross-referenced with the previously published lightning electromagnetic waveform data are included.
Document ID
19850013567
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Zaepfel, K. P. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Fisher, B. D. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Ott, M. S. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1985
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-86347
NAS 1.15:86347
Accession Number
85N21877
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 505-45-13-02
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-15884
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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